Rockford Raptors FC

Monday, June 17th; 5:30-7:30pm at ISC.  All paperwork must be fully completed to ensure your spot on the team.  

Congrats to the Raptors U19 Girls State Cup Semi Finalist! What a great game and fight our girls gave last night. After a full match, 2 overtimes, they went into PK's. After the first round of PK's they still remained tied. Only after 4 more rounds of sudden death PK's, did we finally fall short to NSA. NSA will now head to Regionals and we wish them our best.

Thank you for attending and we look forward to seeing you again next year!

Boys U10 - Champions
Girls U10 - Champions
Boys U14 - Champions
Boys U16 Select- Champions

Girls U11 - FInalist
Girls U13 - Finalist
Boys U13 - Finalist
Boys U16 MDL - Finalist

Boys U11 - Semi- Finalist

The Raptors U-18 Boy's competed at the Las Vegas Mayor's Cup over President's Day weekend. 

They played 4 matches over the weekend. They lost 2-0 to Flathead Montana United (MT), lost 2-1 to Cal Arsenal (CA). They then went undefeated in the final day, beating Colorado International (CO), 1-0 and Las Vegas Neon (NV) 2-0.

See team page for action photos.

Congrats to the Whitefish Bay Champions!!! The U10 boys, U11 girls, U12 girls, and the U13 boys all took 1st Place in their divisions. The U13 girls took 2nd! Goooo RAPTORS!!!

Great job U16 and U18's at the Adidas Shattuck's St. Mary's College Showcase in Minnesota! The U18's beat Minnesota Thunder Academy 2-1, Madison 56ers 3-1 and lost to the host Shattuck's St. Mary's 1-3. There were over 30 college coaches present and several girls had a very good showing!!!

Congratulations Labor Day Cup Champions: U10, U11 and U12 Raptor Girls and the U10 Junior Raptor Girls Orange Fire!!!! Congratulations to the Labor Day Cup Finalists: U14 Raptor Boys, and the U13 and U18 Raptor Girls!!!!

 The U11 Raptor Girls and the U14 Raptor Boyss are the TCSA Classic Cup CHAMPIONS!!!!

The U10 Girls and the U13 Raptor Boys are the Second Place Finalists!!!

Congrats Raptors - great job this last weekend!!!!

 The U18, U13, U12 Raptor Girls are the Back To School Classic CHAMPIONS!!!!

The U11 Girls are the Second Place Finalists!!!
Congrats Ladies - great job this weekend!!!!

Please see below for the Raptors FC outline of programs available for yor child.  Contact us with any questions you may have.

Thank you, Raptors FC Staff

 Dr. Milos practices orthopaedic surgery at Swedish American Hospital.  He specializes in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery.  He completed his medical school and residency program at Northwestern University in Chicago.  He then went on and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Baylor University in Houston.

Dr. Milos has been involved in soccer since his youth.  He played soccer through college and officiated at the collegiate level.  He was also the team physician for the Rockford Rampage during their tenure in Rockford.

He looks forward to working with the players, coaches, and staff.  Dr. Milos can be reached at:

Rockford Raptors joins US Club Soccer’s National Premier Leagues – Midwest Conference 

Rockford Raptors is pleased to announce its participation in US Club Soccer’s newly-formed National Premier Leagues (NPL) – Midwest Conference for boys.

Rockford Raptors will participate in the Midwest Conference, which includes the U-13, U-14, U-15, U-16 and U-18 boys’ age groups.

 Congratulations to the following Raptors players who were honored at the end of their high school seasson.

All American

Ryan Howe

 All State

Tyler Robinson and Victor Zamora

All Sectional

Esteban Fernandez, Casey Culver, Mike Gordon, Leo Lenth, Mesfin Lenth, Jonny Mueller, Kyler Olson, Jonny Perez, Judson Stern.

All Sectional Honorable Mention

Parker Nyquist, Adam Pearson. 

 Victor Zamora and Ryan Howe (U-18 Raptors) are both listed on the ESPN All State List.

ESPNHS has unveiled its Illinois All-State soccer team. Crystal Lake South's Charlie Oliver and Boylan's Victor Zamora are two of the most accomplished players on the list, which can be found below. 

Illinois All-State Soccer 

Starting 11 
[F] Joey Calistri, Deerfield, Senior, Chicago Fire Academy 
Tallied 28 goals and 12 assists last season 
[F] Charlie Oliver, Crystal Lake South, Senior, Chicago Fire Academy 
Scored 28 goals and added 11 assists as a junior 
[F] Joel Salmeron, Morton, Senior, Chicago Fire Academy 
Will miss much of the season with knee injury; 26 goals in ‘10 
[F] Evan Trychta, Naperville North, Senior, Roadrunners SC 
Postseason hero finished with 19 goals last year 
[F] Victor Zamora, Rockford Boylan, Senior, Rockford Raptors 
Led Boylan to state title with 26 goals 
[MF] Elliot Borge, Lyons, Senior, Chicago Fire Academy 
Northwestern recruit tallied 14 goals, 13 assists last season 
[MF] Marshall Hollingsworth, Libertyville, Senior, Chicago Fire Academy 
Offensive contributor notched six goals, five assists in 2010 
[MF] Ryan Howe, Rockford Boylan, Senior, Rockford Raptors 
Two-way player keyed state-title run 
[MF] Mick Maley, Marmion Academy, Senior, Sockers FC 
Posted 17 goals, 11 assists last season 
[D] John Pothast, Lake Zurich, Senior, Sockers FC 
Rugged defender is committed to Marquette 
[GK] Daniel Brennan, Edwardsville, Senior, Scott Gallagher Metro 
Recorded 12 shutouts last year with 0.67 GAA 

•More than 200 former Raptor/Dactyl Players have gone on to play at the College level.

•3 former players now play in the MLS

•Currently More ODP Players than any other local Club

•More National Team players come from Raptors FC than any other local Club

•Currently Raptors have 3 players called up on the USA National Team and the only national pool player from Illinois at the u14 age group

•TopDrawerSoccer.com has listed 2 Raptors FC players on the Top 100 players in the Country

•Only Player from Rockford named to ESPN’s Rize All Chicago Team

•Only local Club to have players selected to All-Midwest Regional Team

•Entire Coaching staff is certified and licensed while more Raptors Coaches hold advanced diploma‘s and more Licensed "A" coaches than any other local club.

•Average tenure for a Raptors Coach is more than 6 years with the Club and many have been with the Club since the inception.

•National Champions (2 times)

•National Runner-up 2004 and 2005

•Regional Champions (5 Times)
 

The History

•Establishedin 1994 as one professional team in the former USISL (now called USL, a second divisionleague below MLS) with the help of Dr. Wedgbury and established Youth system shortly thereafter. Doing so with the sole purpose of creating quality soccer training opportunity for Rockford’s youth. Later was the backing for establishing ISC and Sportscore Two as The premier Soccer Facility in the Country.

•Annually provides more than $70,000 in scholarships and financial aid for players.

•Annually provides recreational leagues for more than 2,000 kids

•ONLY Local Club that have participated in MRL (boys & Girls) since its inception.

•Established and continues to host one of the most successful and sought after tournaments in the Midwest and Country as The Puma Cup hosts more than 680 teams annually over 2 weekends in April.

•Established and hired a Full-time Professional Athletic Trainer. To continue to raise and set the bar for other Clubs to try and copy but not duplicate. The ONLY local Club to do so.

•2009 Raptors  named as PUMA Premier ClubThe Rockford Raptors have received the designation as a Puma Premier Club. They join an elite group of clubs from across the nation: Sacramento United (Sacramento, Ca), Les Bois SC (Boise, ID), Southern California Blues (Costa Mesa, CA), Albion SC (San Diego, Ca), TSF Academy (Lincoln Park, NJ), Brooklyn Italians, (New York, NY), Charlotte United (Charlotte, NC) and Snohomish United (Snohomish, WA)

Passion, Dedication, Loyalty and Honor

Rockford Raptors FC

The BEST